New Jackson-Reed HS (Wilson HS) School Principal - Sah Brown from Eastern High School

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Anonymous wrote:72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary.

DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB? You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right? The enrolled populations are not similar.

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar. The IB populations are similar! That’s the whole point! DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of not understand or not caring about one of those populations.

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled.

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern.

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are.

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point.

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics.

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "people's" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.

Thank God you are not the new "principle"

Lol.

This thread is so dumb. There are a bunch of parents here who are rightly concerned that a principal at a failing school will push similar progressive policies and pander to the lowest denominator at his new school. Rather than working with the UMC parents and appealing to their needs, you know, the folks who have demonstrably made DC schools better, there is concern this principal will cause wealthy parents in that school district to abandon the school. It’s a valid concern.

Instead of debating that it’s easier to just accuse anyone who says it of racism and cal it a day. Have a great 20 more pages of the same bs! Peace out dudes.

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Anonymous wrote:72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary.

DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB? You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right? The enrolled populations are not similar.

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar. The IB populations are similar! That’s the whole point! DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of not understand or not caring about one of those populations.

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled.

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern.

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are.

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point.

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics.

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "people's" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.

You are hilarious! You accuse other people of shutting down discourse then state your opinions on complex topics on which academics and policymakers have been debating outcomes and causes for decades, then follow that up with a statement that these "[A]re the bare truths. That's it." I think you don't understand opinion vs fact. Or irony.

Yeah, I’m no expert, but it appears those decades of outcomes and policy form academics and policy makers don’t seem to have benefited Eastern, but it’s pretty apparent wealthy parents who value and stress education sending their children to public schools has more of an impact, at least judging by the trajectory in dc. But then again its offensive to even say that in today’s climate.

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what did the wealthy parents at Jackson-Reed do that "made it better?"

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Anonymous wrote:what did the wealthy parents at Jackson-Reed do that "made it better?"

Didn't pull out their well prepared kid? Demanded appropriate classes?

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A few things:

1. Can anyone list any suggestions Principal Brown rejected to attract in-bound families?

2. Did any families enroll at Eastern and find their needs were not being meet?

3. Were people expecting a "build-it" and we'll come mindset at Eastern? The job is to take care of the current populations needs. Any IB, AP, etc. teacher will tell you that you can only really teach to the level of the class. It's a chicken-egg type of scenario. Differentiation is a joke and teachers don't have time in high school for that.

Just trying to get some clarity out of all these assumptions..

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Anonymous wrote:72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary.

DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB? You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right? The enrolled populations are not similar.

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar. The IB populations are similar! That’s the whole point! DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of not understand or not caring about one of those populations.

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled.

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern.

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are.

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point.

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics.

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "people's" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.

Thank God you are not the new "principle"

Lol.

This thread is so dumb. There are a bunch of parents here who are rightly concerned that a principal at a failing school will push similar progressive policies and pander to the lowest denominator at his new school. Rather than working with the UMC parents and appealing to their needs, you know, the folks who have demonstrably made DC schools better, there is concern this principal will cause wealthy parents in that school district to abandon the school. It’s a valid concern.

Instead of debating that it’s easier to just accuse anyone who says it of racism and cal it a day. Have a great 20 more pages of the same bs! Peace out dudes.

Wowza the ego on you!

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Anonymous wrote:what did the wealthy parents at Jackson-Reed do that "made it better?"

Didn't pull out their well prepared kid? Demanded appropriate classes?

This is "made it better?"

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Anonymous wrote:72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary.

DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB? You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right? The enrolled populations are not similar.

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar. The IB populations are similar! That’s the whole point! DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of not understand or not caring about one of those populations.

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled.

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern.

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are.

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point.

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics.

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "people's" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.

Thank God you are not the new "principle"

Lol.

This thread is so dumb. There are a bunch of parents here who are rightly concerned that a principal at a failing school will push similar progressive policies and pander to the lowest denominator at his new school. Rather than working with the UMC parents and appealing to their needs, you know, the folks who have demonstrably made DC schools better, there is concern this principal will cause wealthy parents in that school district to abandon the school. It’s a valid concern.

Instead of debating that it’s easier to just accuse anyone who says it of racism and cal it a day. Have a great 20 more pages of the same bs! Peace out dudes.

Wowza the ego on you!

NP. It’s really not ego. Our own mayor touts the “gains” made by DCPS, which really just translate to wealthy folks enrolling in DCPS schools and putting up with DCPS’s non-stop efforts to dumb things down.

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Anonymous wrote:what did the wealthy parents at Jackson-Reed do that "made it better?"

Didn't pull out their well prepared kid? Demanded appropriate classes?

This is "made it better?"

It is according to DCPS and the mayor.

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I have made this Thread better by not finding someplace better to go with my prepared children.

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Anonymous wrote:72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary.

DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB? You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right? The enrolled populations are not similar.

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar. The IB populations are similar! That’s the whole point! DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of not understand or not caring about one of those populations.

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled.

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern.

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are.

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point.

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics.

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "people's" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.

Thank God you are not the new "principle"

Lol.

This thread is so dumb. There are a bunch of parents here who are rightly concerned that a principal at a failing school will push similar progressive policies and pander to the lowest denominator at his new school. Rather than working with the UMC parents and appealing to their needs, you know, the folks who have demonstrably made DC schools better, there is concern this principal will cause wealthy parents in that school district to abandon the school. It’s a valid concern.

Instead of debating that it’s easier to just accuse anyone who says it of racism and cal it a day. Have a great 20 more pages of the same bs! Peace out dudes.

Wowza the ego on you!

NP. It’s really not ego. Our own mayor touts the “gains” made by DCPS, which really just translate to wealthy folks enrolling in DCPS schools and putting up with DCPS’s non-stop efforts to dumb things down.

+1 - there is a reason there are so many private schools with highly competitive admissions and insane price tags. Demand non-stop from folks fleeing the mediocrity that is DCPS. Poorly run and frankly going down hill in the name of equity. Disaster on horizon.

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This thread is officially closed. Thanks to all who commented.

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This thread is officially closed. Thanks to all who commented.

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Anonymous wrote:72% of eastern kids are at risk but only 37% of them actually live in boundary.

DP but now you want to carve out the Wilson IB kids that go private, and also carve out the at-risk Eastern kids that aren't IB? You have to realize every time you make a stretch like this you're proving PP's point, right? The enrolled populations are not similar.

Nobody said they enrolled populations are similar. The IB populations are similar! That’s the whole point! DCPS, and by extension Mr. Brown, didn’t/don’t care that so many people on the Hill find their IB HS so subpar as to not attend it.

This. I don’t give a hoot about Ward 3 having a marginally higher average income than Ward 6, the fact is that both school/IB populations are comprised of the very rich and the very poor. This principal has a demonstrated track record of not understand or not caring about one of those populations.

That's one way to put it. I mean, it is intellectually dishonest, but it is one way to put it. In framing it that way you ignore that the IB populations don't mirror the enrolled populations and he's catering to the kids actually enrolled.

Those kids are also enrolled in Wilson, friend. That’s the whole point of the concern.

Your reply makes no sense. The enrolled populations are not similar. I have already explained to you that 70%+ of Eastern are at-risk. 22% of Wilson are.

And those 22% are who this principal will care about. That’s. The. Whole. Point.

Why do you think this? Because he's black? At Eastern he focused on the majority enrolled population. He blew off people who weren't enrolled. That's. The. Whole. Point.

No, I think they because he showed zero interest in people’s real concerns about advanced offerings for high achieving students and because he’s tight with DCPS, whose #1 priority is closing the achievement gap, and has already been making changes to weaken Wilson’s academics.

"He's tight with DCPS"? HE WORKS FOR DCPS genius. Do you really think DCPS (or any employer) is going to hire a President of a division whose management vision and goals diverge from the C Suite?

Also, you said the quiet part out loud when you said "people's" real concerns. I guess the parents who don't share the same concerns aren't people?

If you believe that Wilson is lowering the bar and weakening standards (and there is certainly evidence to that effect) then perhaps you and your buddies ought to focus that ire on Central and the Mayor and not on the Principal. Although a tall, dark skinned black man sure does make an easy target as the face of the lowered standards, even if he wasn't there when they began.

Shutting down the conversation with misplaced accusations of racism does nothing useful. I’m going to ignore you on that because it’s annoying and no one can actually get to any salient points with that type on nonsense.

Back on topic:

Will this principle only care about low performers and inflating grades through watering down the curriculum with progressive teaching philosophy?

Will the prospect of weakened academics, and specifically that perception from local wealthy or UMC parents, frighten away them away or push away to oss who would send their kids to the school? It’s pretty clear they actually drive this schools’ increase in testing scores and the better scores in general for dc public schools in the last few years.

Basically, you can decry gentrification or this and that. But really without these wealthy, caring parents who really stress education, the schools will just slide in the rankings. Progressive education policy weakens the curriculum. Ap for all? Altering grading patterns, less of an emphasis “on the correct answer” for math…it’s obvious. So is this school going to see a lot more of that from this principle?

Those are the bare truths. That’s it. If you can’t talk about that then I’m sorry.

You are hilarious! You accuse other people of shutting down discourse then state your opinions on complex topics on which academics and policymakers have been debating outcomes and causes for decades, then follow that up with a statement that these "[A]re the bare truths. That's it." I think you don't understand opinion vs fact. Or irony.

Yeah, I’m no expert, but it appears those decades of outcomes and policy form academics and policy makers don’t seem to have benefited Eastern, but it’s pretty apparent wealthy parents who value and stress education sending their children to public schools has more of an impact, at least judging by the trajectory in dc. But then again its offensive to even say that in today’s climate.

You seem not so bright. You appear not to understand that the irony inherent in your post was in accusing others of shutting down discourse, stating opinions (not facts) and concluding that your opinions were "truths". That's it."

Do you get it now?

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My magnet high school was an IB school growing up, and it helped me get in a great college and grad school. I’m not OP, there are more than one family on the Hill that rose above generational poverty.

My point is that I also met Principal Brown at my local ANC. We were very interested in Eastern’s IB program. Principal Brown believes himself to be a “transformational education leader” by the way. He touted some vague parcc ELA increase at eastern, but couldn’t answer basic questions about the IB program at eastern. I did a lot of research and also visited dci where they answered these questions easily. There is something to be said about someone who refuses to answer basic questions. We also opted not to attend eastern, simply because the academics are weak, and there is a serious problem with lack of rigor. I don’t know how that means I’m racist, but I think my brown kids deserve a good education as well. I think all kids in dc deserve a great education! But I do not for a second think you’ll find that at Eastern High. I think that principal Brown isn’t to blame for all the problems at Eastern, but I certainly think he did little to nothing to remediate them. He also did little to nothing to attract inbound families to the school. Fwiw charter schools do a lot to attract parents, and I think quite often this benefits the charter. No one is saying entitled white parents get to run the show, but I do think a certain amount of parent buy-in is vital. And Brown gave no indication to me that he was interested in improving anything outside of his own resume. Good luck to JR Families.